Fall Under Marie Christina Digby’s Spell ; Oh-so Pretty and Multi-Talented Hit Maker

Born in 1983, Marié Christina Digby or simple Marie Digby  is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and pianist. She is most known for her acoustic cover version of Rihanna’s No. 1 hit “Umbrella”, which awed attention from YouTube viewers in 2007. The song was subsequently played on the radio station STAR 98.7, was featured on the third season opening episode of the MTV show The Hills, and peaked at #10 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. Digby performed the song on the late night talk show Last Call with Carson Daly on August 2, 2007.

Marie whose mother is Japanese and father is Irish-American, began writing songs in high school in Los Angeles. After graduating, she spent one year at the University of California, Berkeley before leaving college to concentrate on music full-time. Digby came into the public light in 2004 after winning the Pantene Pro-Voice Music Competition with her autobiographical song “Miss Invisible”.

After performing at numerous night clubs, Digby signed a publishing deal with Rondor Music, a subsidiary of Vivendi SA’s Universal Music Group in early 2005. By the end of 2005, Digby had signed with Disney’s Hollywood Records and her first album of original songs was completed by the end of 2006. Also in 2006, her song “Fool” was included on the Disney compilation album Girl Next. At the advice and direction of her managers, Digby began to post simple videos of herself singing cover songs of other artists on YouTube in order to gain visibility for herself. Hollywood Records then released a high-quality studio recording of her rendition of “Umbrella” to iTunes and radio stations. Her first album is set to be released in 2008.

Below is the official video of one of Marie’s hits “Say it Again”.